Adjustable artist&#39;s desk and easel.



. PATENTED MAR.'20,190 6. J. & E. M. GOLDSWORTHY. ADJUSTABLE ARTISTS'DESK AND BASEL.

APPLIQATION FILED APR. 6, 1905.

" *UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC I JOHN GOLDSWORTHY AND EMELIA M.GOLDSWORTHY, or INDIANAPOLIS,

, INDIANA 1 a ADJUSTABLE ARTISTS DESK AN'D EASEL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN GoLDswoRTnY and EMELIA M. GoLDswoR'rHY,citizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in

. ings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this fsp'ecification;

' This invention relates to furniture, particularly for use in schools;and it has reference especially to adjustable desks which are convertible into artists easels at will. I

' Obj ects' of the invention are to provide desks for students that maybe used either as adjustable desks ordinarily or as artists easelsaccompanied by receptaclesfor materials, books, and drawing instruments,all conveniently arranged, and to provide desks with adjustablewriting-tables and also with copy-holders adapted to support alsonatural specimens conveniently before the students;

With the above-mentioned and minor objects' in view-the inventionconsists in a ver tically-adjustable stand on which is mounted adesk-body provided with vertically-adjustable hinging-supports'connecting a com bined writing-table 'and easel to the body.

The invention consists, furthenin the novel parts and in thecombinations and arrangements of parts, as hereinafter particularlydescribed and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the completearticle, of.

which a portion of thecopy-holder is broken away -Fig. 2, a frontelevation of one of the hinging-supports;Fig. 3, a side elevation of theinvention arranged as an easel Fig. 4, a

fragmentary top plan of the article arranged as a writing-desk withoutthe copy-holder; Fig. 5, a fragmentary transverse vertical.sec

tional view as on the line B B in Fig. 4, with the copy-holder appliedthereto and the table part elevated; Fig. 6, a fragmentary verticallongitudinal sectional view as on the line A A in Fig.3, with thewriting-table turned upwardly on its hinges; Fig. 7, a perspective viewof the bracket of'one of the hinging-supports of the combined table andeasel. u v

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 6,1905. SerialNo. 254:,164.

Patented March 20, 1906a Similar reference characters in the drawingsdesignate corresponding elements orfeatures.

In constructiona vertically-adjustable stand 15' providedcomprisingpillars C, having a base a, and 0, having a base a, connect-. ed rigidlytogether by'a brace 7) near the lower portions'thereof and .bya rod 0near the tops thereof, the rod having'adjusting-nuts d d e e on the endportions thereof. Extension-piecesD D, having slots so, also compriseparts of the pillars, against which they 0 and nuts e e and by bolts f fand nuts 9 9, arranged below the rod c. The tops of the pieces D D arerovided with lateral branches h, upon w 'ch the body E of the desk isbolted, so as to be detached for packing and shipping purposes. f

The desk-body E comprises a rear top part F, in the top of which is agroove 1', for holding pencils and the like, the part also having an Iaperture j, into which an ink-well may be set,"

and sockets 7c, 1, and-mfor supporting the copy holder in differentositions. In the front of the body on the bottom thereof.

are placed and adj ustably secured by the rod I The adjustable supportsfor the combined w'riting-tableiand easel comprise two brackets G and Gof identical form, each having a bolt-hole p to receive a bolt 7, onwhich is a nut s, and two props H and H, having each a slot t'therein,through which the bolt .1" extends, a prop being adjustably secured tothe front] of a bracket by the bolt and its nut, 1 each bracket having aflange g, by which it is secured rigidly to the under side of the toppart F at or near the forward edge thereof,

the prop extending through-the body bottom.

The combined table and easel J, which also forms a lid for thedesk-body, has two hinge parts I and I secured thereto at the rear edgethereof, which are pivoted to the tops of the ing screw-holes o toreceive securing-screws. The lid part has a small ledge w on the front.props H H by pintles u, the hinge parts havroo' edge thereof to serveas 'a guard and rest, the

lid being more or less inclined either upon th body as a lid or elevatedas an easel. I

The copy-holder comprises abase K, a metal frame-L, and'a fabric webattached to the frame and preferably comprising a front M and a back'M,to which copies or speciv mens may be attached by means of pins. The

base rests upon the top part F, and the frame has projections yextending through the base into the sockets 7c and Z and may be removed5 therefrom and inserted in the sockets Z and m. Also the holder may bereversed, so that the back M may be used as the front part when founddesirable. The copy-holder is of suitable size to be stored on thebottom of the re body of the desk when not in use.

In practical use the nuts 6 e and g g may be manipulated and the heightof the deskbody adjusted to suit the student, and for Writing orsketching thereon the lid part J may rest on the body, the propsextending through the bottom thereof, or the props may be elevated moreor less to suit the student and be held by the binding-nuts thereof, andthe table or lid part may be turned upwardly on its hinges to gainaccess to the interior of the body. Anything that is to be copied may bepinned to the copy-holder or leaned against it. l/Vhen an easel isdesired, the props may be further elevated, so as to 2 5 hold up therear edge of the lid part, while the front edge thereof may rest uponthe top of the body part, as in Fig. 3, the forward por- 7tion of thebody being open, so that access may be had to the instruments therein.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Anartists desk and easel combined including a desk-body with a fixed reartop part, brackets secured to the under side of 3 5 the rear top part, alid provided at the rear edge thereof with hinge members, and propspivoted to the hinge members and attached adjustably to the brackets.

2. An artists desk and easel combined in- 4o eluding a desk-body, a lidprovided at the rear edge thereof with hinge members, props having slotstherein and pivoted to the hinge members, brackets secured to the innerside of the desk-body and provided with bolts extending through theslots of the props, and thumb-nuts on the bolts and engaging the props.

3. An artists desk and easel combined including a pair of pillars, apair of extension pieces having slots therein and provided with lateralbranches at the tops thereof, devices securing the extension-piecesadjustably to the pillars, a desk-body secured fixedly to the lateralbranches and provided in the interior thereof with fixed brackets, a lidprovided at the rear edge thereof with hinge members, and props pivotedto the hinge members and attached adjustably to the brackets.

4. An artists desk and easel combined in- 6Q eluding a pair ofvertically-adjustable pillars with bases and having each a pair oflateral branches at the top thereof, a desk-body secured fixedly to thelateral branches of the pillars and having a rear top part provided atthe under side thereof with a pair of fixed brackets having bindingdevices, a lid provided at the rear edge thereof with a pair of hingemembers fixed thereto, and a pair of props pivoted to the hinge membersand attached adjustably to the brackets by the binding devices thereof.

5. An artists desk and easel combined including a stand, a desk-bodysecured to the stand and comprising a rear top part in which is a grooveand also sockets adjacent to the groove for supporting a copy-holder, apair of brackets secured to the under side of the rear top part andprovided with binding devices, a lid provided at the rear edge thereofwith a pair of hinge members fixed thereto, and a pair of props pivotedto the hinge members and attached adjustably to the brackets by thebinding devices thereof.

6. In an artists desk and easel combined, the combination with adesk-body having a rear top part, and a lid, of a pair of bracketssecured to the under side of the rear top part of the desk-body andhaving securing-bolts provided with thumb-nuts, a pair of hinge partssecured to the rear edge of the lid, and a pair of props pivoted to thehinge parts and having slots therein receiving the securingbolts of thebrackets, the props being engaged by the thumb-nuts of the securin-bolts.

7. In an artists desk and easel combined, the combination of a pair ofpillars with bases and having each a pair of bolt-holes therein, a pairof extension-pieces having each a slot therein and provided at the topthereof with a pair of lateral branches, a rod extending through theslots of both of the extensionpieces and also tln'ough one of thebolt-holes in each one of the pillars, thumb-nuts on the ends of the rodengaging the pillars, a pair of nuts on the rod opposed to thethumb-nuts at the inner sides of the 'extension-pieces, a pair ofbinding-bolts each extending through the other one of the bolt-holes ofeither pillar and also through the slot of the adjacent extensionpiece,a desk-body secured to the lateral branches of the extension-pieces andhaving a trough extending across the front of the bottom thereof, thebody having also a rear top part having a pair of brackets secured tothe under side thereof, a lid provided with a pair of hinge members atthe rear edge thereof, and a pair of props pivoted to the hinge membersand attached adj ustably to the pair of brackets.

In testimony whereof we a'llix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN GOLDSWORTHY.

EMELIA M. GOLDSVVORTHY. l/Vitnesses:

HARRY D. PIERsoN, E. T. SILVIUs,

